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Laurie Carmichael

Laurie Carmichael

Laurie Carmichael (1925-2018), union leader, left school at 14 to take up a fitting and turning apprenticeship, and after service in the RAF joined the Amalgamated Engineering Union.

2 portraits in the collection

Laurie Carmichael

Laurie Carmichael

Laurie Carmichael

Laurie Carmichael, 1981 (printed 2018)

Portrait, inkjet print on paper

Purchased 2018

Mr Laurie Carmichael

Mr Laurie Carmichael

Mr Laurie Carmichael

Mr Laurie Carmichael, 1973

Portrait, fibre-tipped pen, wash on paper

Gift of HOTA (Home of the Arts), Gold Coast 2019 with the encouragement of Patrick Corrigan AM

Laurie Chow, engineer, Glebe Island Bridge, Sydney

Laurie Chow, engineer, Glebe Island Bridge, Sydney

Laurie Chow, engineer, Glebe Island Bridge, Sydney

Laurie Chow, engineer, Glebe Island Bridge, Sydney, 1995 (printed 2000)

Portrait, gelatin silver photograph on paper

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2001. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001.

Nancy Borlase and Laurie Short

Nancy Borlase and Laurie Short

Nancy Borlase and Laurie Short

Nancy Borlase and Laurie Short, 1991

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of the Margaret Olley Art Trust 1998

Pat Mackie

Pat Mackie

Pat Mackie

Pat Mackie, 2004

Nancy Borlase AM

Portrait, oil on canvas

Purchased 2004

Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait

Study for self portrait, c. 1965

Portrait, oil on masonite

Gift of Laurie Curley OAM and Mrs Robyn Curley 2012

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Eleanor Constance Gude

Eleanor Constance 'Nornie' Gude (1915–2002) was born in Ballarat and was fifteen when she was accepted to study painting at the Ballarat Technical Art School.

1 portrait in the collection

Double Portrait: Vida and Marie Breckenridge (study)

Double Portrait: Vida and Marie Breckenridge (study)

Double Portrait: Vida and Marie Breckenridge (study)

Double Portrait: Vida and Marie Breckenridge (study), 1999

Nancy Borlase AM

Portrait, oil on canvas

Gift of Marie Breckenridge 2004

Nancy Borlase and Laurie Short

Nancy Borlase AM

Nancy Borlase AM (1914–2006), painter and writer, was born in New Zealand, and had to be dug out of the wreckage when an earthquake struck Napier in late 1931.

4 portraits in the collection

After Jack

Jenny Sages

Jenny Sages (b. 1933), artist, was born to Russian Jewish parents in Shanghai and came to Australia with her family in 1948.

34 portraits in the collection

Charles (still from video) by Amiel Courtin-Wilson

The Winner of the Digital Portraiture Award 2016 is...

2 December 2016

Archived media releases 2016

The winner of the Digital Portraiture Award 2016 has been announced. Congratulations to Amiel Courtin-Wilson for his submission titled Charles.

James McClelland

James McClelland

James McClelland

James McClelland, 1946

Nancy Borlase AM

Portrait, oil on composition board

Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gillian Appleton (McClelland) 1999
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program

Pat Mackie

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Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2005

Dr Sarah Engledow delves into the life of union leader Pat Mackie who is depicted in a portrait by Nancy Borlase AM.

Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, Marquis de Vaudreuil, ca.1753-55

Canadian identities

Magazine article by Lilly Koltun, 2004

An exploration of national identity in the Canadian context drawn from the symposium Face to Face at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2004.

Yellow portrait (portrait of Alex Jelinek)

Fugue in Yellow

Magazine article by Roger Benjamin, 2015

Roger Benjamin explores the intriguing union of Lina Bryans and Alex Jelinek.

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